On Aug 17, 9:09am, jeb@mtqua.att.com wrote:
> Subject: Re: Jester's Spitfires
> Jim Beckman AH-100 (BN1 with the world's strangest shift pattern)
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The reason for the shift pattern is that the original first gear of the
transmission was blocked off when it was adapted for use in the A-H 100/4.
The original first gear was too "low" for the car. What you think of as
"first gear" is really second gear.
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